Abundance

When is enough, enough?

When is too much, too much?

When is a little all you need to take your heart all the way home?

I asked a woman on the roadside in Kigali if I could take a picture of all this bounty.  She agreed, but only if I was willing to pay a small price.  I would have given it I suppose, but my friend Goreth intervened convincing the woman that she wouldn't lose a thing by letting me get the shot.  Some things in life it seems are meant to be free.

Where is abundance revealing herself to you these days?  Where is the too much, too little, never enough showing up in your camera lens?   Show us the shots that reveal what's full and what's empty in the viewfinder of your world.

Comments

[owlhaven]

Here's one morning's pick from our garden
http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/08/05/from-the-garden-this-morning/
Mary

[Meryl]

Picking tomatoes and savings seeds in order to have abundance again next year....

http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/08/todays-tomato-h.html

http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/08/seeds-for-savin.html

[Jeana]

Hello. Too much light (or blue?) although I kind of like it anyway:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2742818165/


Too dark:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2743655618/in/photostream/


and always, too much clutter!

[Marcie]

A garden so full..it spills onto the sidewalk:

http://bravo.unisonplatform.com/~marciesc/index.php?showimage=481

[Bryan]

Or you could have bought some fruit. That way you get the picture to post on your site , and the seller get a little back for her hard work.

[jen lemen]

bryan, good point!

[Jess]

I took this at a farmer's market in Neuss, Germany http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesspunky/2673494827/in/set-72157606481047560/

[Kathleen]

Never enough of seeing the world through his eyes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2730349338/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2730349586/

Too few beach days left (and a little too much rain this summer for my taste):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2743222384/

Thought-provoking words today! Thank you.

[e.darcy]

I have an abundance of photos that I feel would be perfect to share...But I will narrow it down.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2729416729/
because there is never enough time in the day, in the night, in the year... because sometimes we'd pay anything to get just a bit of that time back...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2743345397/
because my thoughts are flowing at speeds I can't cope with. my hand scribbles across the page and I'm lost in all of the ideas, words, stories...

[SH]

The abundance of a grandmother's love ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sh_photography/2741762517/

[SH]

Oooh, I found another one ... the abundance of birthday presents!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sh_photography/2741857589/

(She was waiting sooo patiently while her grandfather secretly assembled her last gift and we kept telling her to wait for him, wait for him, wait for him. I thought she did pretty good, for a three year old!)

[Amy P.]

Here's what we do with our abundance of cucumbers:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2686342591/

We used the same recipe I learned from my grandma when I was little.

:)
Amy

[Amy P.]

We found this abundance of cherries at a roadside stand in Traverse City, MI:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2625559135/

:)
Amy

[Wayfaring Wanderer]

Moments of Tranquility........

http://wayfaring-wanderer.blogspot.com/2008/08/moments-tranquilize.html

[Kacey]

Too much? The storms and flooding this summer:
http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/07/15/traveling-disaster/

Too little? Never enough time for taking flower photos!
http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/07/14/rose-of-sharon/

Just enough? Or possible too much or too little. Ask me at the end of the 9 days...
http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/08/08/males-and-more-males/

[Amy P.]

Not enough of these moments right now:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2657279806/in/set-72157603634010965/

I'm an only child, but it seems to me that the sister bond might be one of the most complicated and layered relationships on earth. And they're only 5 years old!

:)
Amy

[Terri]

Never enough of these

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2650982780/

Way to many of these coming in right now ( old picture but the garden is running over with them)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2248828132/

[trupeach]

an abundance of sunshine + color

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13818098@N00/2744274730/in/set-72157604485390475/

[~ kristina ~]

This was a hard choice; such a timely topic. Too much clutter and junk in my house; not enough berries and such!

http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/08/thoughtful-friday.html

[Lan]

http://whatiseeclicks.blogspot.com/2008/08/awalkinthepark_08.html

happy Friday!

[margie]

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/margies_photos/garden.html

such a summer theme, abundance. abundance of everything except sun this ontario summer! abundance of rain for sure.

[Marie]

Wow, I love the colors in that photo.

Here's a (very amateur) shot of something that's not too much, not too little, but juuuuuuuuuuuuuust right:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29077578@N05/2744283714/in/photostream/

[jag]

Abundance of colour...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2730921552/in/set-72157606528354102/

One word is enough...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2266603729/in/set-72157603913179794

jag
xox

[Bet]

There's never enough dancing
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2528193575_ee0138b833_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2528099815_512ae3b219_b.jpg
but we're blessed in this family to have an abundance of love
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2661972871_c3de0ed5d2_b.jpg

[jfrancis]

Rawanda
when Peace
is King.

[renee @ FIMBY]

Great photography prompt. That was an easy question to answer today.

Too much rain, too much green beans, too little sun, and never enough fresh tomatoes. The story of the first week of August.

http://fimby.tougas.net/beans_and_rain

[Jodyangel]

I have an abundance alright. Abundance of love for my little Hailey. She loved picking the zinnia's =)


http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/jodyangel/Bradburysdinner7-08010.jpg

[Kirsten]

The park was abandoned this morning...too little sun I guess!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/somethingcheeky/2745082036/

[daisy]

Sometimes just one makes you feel full to the brim:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisysharrock/2736487989/in/photostream/

Sometimes many:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisysharrock/2744431761/in/photostream/

[Traci]

i can't get enough of her lately and yet i'm never satisfied with the end results ...

http://flickr.com/photos/tracimeyer/2742757764/

[claudia]

Too much stuff, in this case buttons
http://flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2509660180/in/set-72157603707815517/
Never enough daydreaming...and daisies
http://flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2619511069/in/set-72157603707815517/

[Naomi]

At the moment I'm seeing an abundance of "it's almost the end of winter" in my backyard:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2746492856/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2746492854/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2724716256/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2724716248/

Little bits of sunshine and flowers have popped up where a week ago there was nothing at all. I have such high hopes for spring!

[Gayle]

Tomatos from my garden!

http://planetmfiles.com/2008/08/09/abundance/

[tangobaby]

Abundance, to me, always is tied with possibility. I remember when I took this photo, thinking of all the amazing things that could be created from this tiny portion of the place I was in.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2591249937/in/set-72157606300785893/

I think abundance is all around us, but some days it's easier to see than others.

[Lu]

an abundance of tasty cookies...can you ever get enough?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldb/133387449/in/set-72057594114570083/

[camerashymomma]

oh gosh, thank you for these words. i have so much to say but no time. these words really get me today though. thank you for that.

[m]

I'm always restraining myself from 'too much' too much enjoying being in my garden - too much pleasure - I wonder ifthat is really possible ?

http://creativevoyage.blogspot.com/2008/08/june-08-rather-dark-to-see.html